Sports activities commentator Stephen A. Smith worries about David Benavidez getting harm as a result of he stands in entrance of his opponents, doesn’t transfer, and makes use of no head motion. Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) posts up in entrance of his opposition and lets his fingers go.
WBC interim gentle heavyweight champion Benavidez might get harm in his subsequent battle when he goes up towards David Morrell on February 1st of their 12-round conflict on the T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas dwell on Prime Video.
If Benavidez is knocked out on this battle, he might want to resolve whether or not to attempt to return to 168 or keep at 175 and be content material with being a contender moderately than a world champion.
Morrell is as massive as Benavidez however a lot stronger, sooner, and extra technically gifted. He got here from the Cuban faculty of boxing and didn’t study all of the dangerous habits Benavidez did throughout his years of combating towards smaller opposition.
Smith is a giant fan of Benavidez, and he nonetheless appears to have his head wrapped round Canelo Alvarez, who must battle him. That battle shouldn’t be going to occur. They’re in several divisions now, and Canelo is ending his profession at 168 selecting and selecting.
Benavidez, 28, has developed a mode that has labored for him as a result of he’s been greater than his opponents, combating in a division under his body for 11 years at 168 earlier than lastly shifting as much as 175.
In his debut at 175 towards Oleksandr Gvozdyk on June fifteenth, we witnessed Benavidez being hit incessantly. Transferring ahead, he received’t be capable of rating knockouts like he did when he fought smaller fighters at 168.
“I’m an enormous David Benavidez fan. I like Canelo as properly, however I don’t like the truth that Canelo is taking so lengthy to offer him a match,” stated Stephen A. Smith to the Sean Zittel channel. “I applaud David Benavidez as a result of he geese nobody, and he’s able to battle always.
“He’s ‘The Mexican Monster.’ Generally, I ponder if somebody goes to harm him as a result of he’s proper there in entrance of them. He doesn’t transfer, however he clearly exhibits he can take a punch, and he can rattling positive give one with both hand,” continued Smith about Benavidez.
“He’s obtained pace, he’s obtained energy, he’s obtained boxing capacity, and he’s obtained coronary heart. I don’t know if there’s a much bigger fan of David Benavidez than me. I obtained quite a lot of love for his expertise, and I need to see him on the large stage,” stated Smith.
Stephen A. is an informal boxing fan, not the hardcore selection, who follows the game intently. Therefore, he doesn’t notice that Benavidez is now not in Canelo’s orbit. He additionally doesn’t appear to be conscious that Benavidez by no means fought towards elite-level opposition to earn his ‘Mexican Monster’ nickname within the true sense. He was basically a weight bully who fought towards older, smaller veterans.
The Handshake Incident
“Benavidez tousled by making an attempt to shake his hand. These Cuban boys, they obtained a playful angle, however they actually hate after they assume someone thinks they will beat them,” stated Coach Greg Hackett on YSM Sports activities Media, speaking about immediately’s altercation.
After all of the issues that Benavidez stated about Morrell, there was no probability he would shake his hand throughout their face-off immediately in Miami. Benavidez shouldn’t have even tried to shake fingers with Morrell as a result of he was asking for hassle.
“When Benavidez walked as much as him and tried to shake his hand, he shouldn’t have achieved that. Morrell was like, ‘No, we’re not on that. We’re going to rumble. All that s*** you was speaking about me, and now you need to shake fingers?’”
